BOSS SD-1w Super Overdrive Waza Craft

Perfect your sound with more range and gain

With the recent explosion in popularity of boutique pedals, ones made from very small companies or just common effects that have been modded have taken become serious market makers in recent years. As a huge manufacturer, Boss has felt the sting of just simply being “uncool”. To answer this growing trend, Boss have revisited some of there original pedals from the '80s and given them some new life. Very small changes, not messing with the original recipe too much, the engineers in Japan have created something very special by incorporating a boutique mindset and fell into to a large, international form.

It is easy to see how special and important the Waza Craft pedals are to Boss by the fact that, for the first time ever, another logo makes an appearance on this infamous compact pedal. The symbol for “Waza” a Japanese word that translates to “art and technique” - as well as the words “Waza Craft” are boldly displayed on the footswitch of each of the three Waza pedals.

Premium Pedal for Fans of Exclusive “Custom Tone"

Boss has brought back the DM-2 analog delay - a favourite of Dave Grohl, Gary Moore, Billy Duffy, and others - that has not been seen since 1984, but it also opted to re-energize the Blues Driver and Super Over Drive, which have never been out of production since they were originally introduced in 1995 and 1981. But whether Boss reimagines current pedals or resurrects past darlings, the benefit for pedal freaks is nearly the same: You get hyper-evolved versions of the sounds you dig with an “extra” custom sound to boot, and all in the same casing that has proven itself to be near fail proof.

The early '80s Super Over Drive quickly became one the life of the distortion party, used by Eddie Van Halen as well as The Edge, Radiohead's Jonny Greenwood, and John 5. The SD-1 adds grind and harmonic richness, without overly colouring the sound of the guitar. You can still retain a good amount of the guitar's identity, while some other pedals tend obliterate all evidence that a sound was even coming from a guitar. In Custom Mode, you get much the same impact as noted with BD-2w. More modern distortion sound- a bit more bass bump and sustain. Old-school hard rock is definitely the feel in Standard Mode, flip the switch to Custom and you can hang with the DargonForce and Godsmack crowds.